Rising fatal car accidents after states legalize marijuana bringing attention to driving under the influence – World News Report - Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Rising fatal car accidents after states legalize marijuana bringing attention to driving under the influence – World News Report – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Time Stamp: September 13, 2023 10:33 AM
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The Foundation for a Drug-Free World warns about marijuana causing slow reaction time, slowed decisions, impaired coordination, and distorted perception

No one, especially a young person, likes to be lectured about what he or she should not do. The Foundation for a Drug-Free World provides facts that empower youth to freely choose not to take drugs.”

— Thalia Ghiglia, Foundation for a Drug-Free World

WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 13, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ — The School of Public Health at the University of Illinois Chicago documented a link between legal cannabis and increased motor vehicle deaths. According to their article from March of this year, “The UIC researchers found that there was a substantial increase in crash fatalities in four of the seven states used in the study with legalized recreational markets and that, on average, recreational markets were associated with a 10% increase in motor vehicle accident deaths.” (1)

These figures are also backed by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in a study that shows fatal traffic crash rates in the US between 2009 and 2019. Their study showed that “the legalization of the…

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